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Encore for Roy

Avalanche on track once more thanks to ‘fiery’ head coach

You calling me dirty?

Thomas insists chop block was not purposeful

Rumble Russell, rumble

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson can do a bit of everything, and he showed it to the world again Monday night against the Washington Redskins. He rushed for a career-high…

Call him Mr. 500

Manning hits a few milestones in big home win

Kansas weeds out the weak

Logano wins to clinch a spot in the Chase finale

Optimism abounds in Kansas

Even for Kyle Busch, whose house of horrors is this race track

Cardinals coaches know Manning best

Arians and Moore run deep with the Broncos’ iconic quarterback

Arizona Cardinals (3-0) at Denver Broncos (2-1)

The Arizona Cardinals are 3-0 going into Sunday’s game at Denver, with quarterback Drew Stanton directing the last two victories at the New York Giants and at home against the…

Broncos kick Prater to the free-agent curb

McManus turns his temp job into permanent placekicker

This time, the game counts

USA gets its rematch against France in the quarterfinals

Green a different shade of tight end

Broncos praise their lesser known receiver for his versatility

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado boasts two formidable lines that will include some combination of Matt Duchene, Jarome Iginla (pictured), captain Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon (pictured), Ryan O’Reilly and Alex Tanguay.Jack Dempsey/Associated Press file…

Iginla keeps (fast) pace with Avs’ high-flying young guns

With the NHL right in the heart of its small preseason slate, a long list of accomplished forwards in different zip codes are getting used to their new lines. Matt…

Oh, Jordy Jordy!

The Green Bay Packers kept scoring on a rainy Thursday night in Green Bay, Wis. Even Julius Peppers found his way across the goal line through the mist against the…

Manning’s next will be a touchstone touchdown

Broncos quarterback is one shy of 500 touchdown passes

Round 2 strikes fear into Chase drivers

Charlotte, Kansas and Talladega are the wild cards on Sprint Cup circuit

Grand Giants

Brandon Crawford silenced the Pirates’ partisan crowd with a fourth-inning grand slam Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, and the rout was on. Madison Bumgarner pitched a complete-game 8-0 shutout in the…

The power remains status quo in NFL rankings

Malcom Floyd and the San Diego Chargers were the top-ranked team in action Sunday when they beat the last-ranked team in The Associated Press Pro32 power rankings, the Jacksonville Jaguars,…

Worlds turns a confident ‘Manimal’

Nuggets get their leader back, and he’s ready for superstardom

A Royals stone gathers no Moss

Rockies’ ‘present is … ugly’

Colorado wraps up 4th consecutive losing season

Healthy Nuggets ready to push pace

Danilo Gallinari is back after mising most of last season with a knee injury. He averaged 16.7 points in 2012-13, his last active season.Jack Dempsey/Associated Press A quick memo to…

Back in the middle for Denver

Broncos’ leading tackler from ’13 will return Sunday

King Charles returns for Kansas City

Jamaal Charles returned from an injury to score three touchdowns, Tom Brady was picked off twice, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat New England 41-14 on Monday night to hand…

The cup stays there

Donaldson hits ‘shot of my life’ to clinch Europe’s 3rd in a row

Gordon makes Dover statemgnt

Gordon was in control in the closing laps Sunday at Dover International Speedway and joined Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano as the three drivers who were guaranteed a berth in…

Rockies fight to the bitter end

Colorado loses in extra innings in L.A., it’s third loss in a row

Sports Extra

Passing Andrew Luck, Colts, was 29-for-41 for 393 yards and four touchdown passes and an interception in Indianapolis’ 44-17 victory over Tennessee. He is the first player in NFL history…

Morneau claims batting title

Rockies stumble to 10-5 loss against Dodgers

Europe in command at the Ryder Cup

More questionable coaching puts USA on the brink of defeat